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[rev_slider alias="BART-Fremont-Central-Park-Subway-Extension" slidertitle="BART Fremont Central Park Subway Extension"][/rev_slider] BART Fremont Central Park Subway Extension The Fremont Central Park Subway project was Phase 1 of BART’s overall Warm Springs Extension. The extension added 5.4 miles of new tracks from the existing Fremont Station south to a new station...

HART Airport Guideway and Stations This project involves the design and construction of more than 5 miles of a new elevated guideway between the Middle Street Transit Center Station and Aloha Stadium in Hawaii. The team is also responsible for the construction of the Pearl Harbor...

[rev_slider alias="Traction-Power-Substations-Installation" slidertitle="Traction Power Substations Installation"][/rev_slider] Traction Power Substations Installation The scope of work for the installation of SANDAG-furnished traction power substations (TPSS) along the Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) Trolley Orange and Blue lines consisted of installing fourteen 1.5 megawatt and two 2 megawatt, 12kV AC, 650V...

[rev_slider alias="station-emergency-lighting" slidertitle="Station Emergency Lighting"][/rev_slider] BART Station Emergency Lighting Project includes the installation and connection of a complete Central Emergency Lighting System consisting of one-third of existing lighting in dedicated conduit systems as indicated. Work includes providing and installing battery room ventilation systems, batteries and corresponding battery...

[rev_slider alias="BART-Cable-System-Upgrade" slidertitle="BART Cable System Upgrade"][/rev_slider] BART Cable System Upgrade As part of the BART Earthquake Safety Program, Shimmick upgraded the 34.5-KV cabling system on BART’s routes through Oakland and Berkeley. Three phases of 250 MCM cable were installed between substations at the MacArthur, Ashby and Rockridge...

[rev_slider alias="gilcrease-expressway-11" slidertitle="Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension"][/rev_slider] Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension The Eastside Extension of Metro’s Gold Line light rail system is a 6-mile extension that serves one of the most densely populated areas of Los Angeles. Running on concrete-embedded track from Union Station in downtown...

[rev_slider alias="Sounder-Yard-Expansion-Design-Build" slidertitle="Sounder Yard Expansion Design Build"][/rev_slider] Sounder Yard Expansion The work performed on this project included the demolition of two existing guard shacks and miscellaneous asphalt pads. The new construction consisted of the installation one new layover track where Sound Transit trains will be serviced. There...

[rev_slider alias="Sonoma-Marin-Area-Rail-Transit-Package-4" slidertitle="Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Package 4"][/rev_slider] Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Package 4 As part of a five-contract major SMART program expansion, Shimmick was the design-builder for the $69 million Construction Package 4. This project extended over 42 miles of rail line requiring ten stations, track...

[rev_slider alias="West-DublinPleasanton-Bart-Station" slidertitle="West Dublin/Pleasanton Bart Station"][/rev_slider] BART West Dublin/Pleasanton Station As part of a larger transit village project, this design-build contract provided a new in-fill BART station between the active tracks of the BART mainline and in the median of Interstate 580. The station portion of the...

[rev_slider alias="BART-Silicon-Valley-Berryessa-Extension" slidertitle="BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension"][/rev_slider] BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority extended the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) light rail commuter system south from Fremont to San Jose. The Berryessa Extension was the 10-mile, two-station first phase of that extension,...